Media Appeals Tribunal

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Irrespective of
whether South Africa actually implements the most draconian parts of state
secrets legislation now under consideration, the media in the continent's most
open democracy already feel under threat. The prospect of 25-year jail
sentences for journalists publishing "classified" information has galvanized
disparate news outlets and journalists groups to work together like never
before.

For the first time in South Africa's months-long debate over the proposal for a government-run media appeals tribunal, a top official from the African National Congress (ANC) indicated on Friday that the plan could be dropped altogether--under certain conditions.